Children from Derby schools will have the chance to meet award-winning children’s authors and poets in June at […]
Category Archive: Books
The third Wirksworth Book Weekend is being held at various locations in the town from April 5-8. For […]
When it comes to blue sky thinking triumphs, author Dan Walker must be unrivalled. It was while gazing […]
Nottingham-based author Jon McGregor will be reading from and signing his latest novel Reservoir 13 at Scarthin Books […]
Sorry this event has now been cancelled To celebrate the publication of Three Things About Elsie, the […]
Wirksworth author Roz Watkins, whose debut novel The Devil’s Dice is out this month, reveals some of the […]
The Wirksworth Book Festival, which celebrates local authors and brings books and writers to Wirksworth is being staged […]
The organisers of the now annual Derby Book Festival are to stage a special pre-festival event on January […]
The former owner of Scrivener’s Bookshop in Buxton, Alastair Scrivener, found some loose pages from a scarce book […]
Queen of the murder mystery Val McDermid is back on home ground when she returns to Derbyshire for […]
Derby Book Festival needs your vote to secure funding from the Aviva Community Fund for their Shared Writing […]
Buxton’s heyday in the Edwardian era was a prime example of how Britain’s Age of Decadence changed our […]
Artists Grayson Perry, Yinka Shonibare and Phyllida Barlow among top names in the line-up for the Art Out […]
Politics student Lucy Boardman – who made three speeches in the House of Commons before she was even […]
Photographing The Peak District by landscape photographers Chris Gilbert and Mick Ryan is a beautiful 500 page book […]
Few of the people enjoying the entertainment lined-up for the annual Ashbourne Festival will realise that the whole […]
Tickets for the Derby Book Festival have been selling like hot cakes since they went on sale in […]
The 2017 Buxton International Festival is an exciting blend of world-class opera, the finest musicians in the classical […]
Children from Derby City schools will have the chance to meet award-winning children’s authors and illustrators, at two […]
Most writers seem a little reclusive in nature. They like to retreat with the privacy of their own […]
Aspiring writers have a chance to learn more on a new How to Get Published course at QUAD in Derby […]
The second annual Aurora Poetry and Short Fiction Open Competition has opened for entries. The judges are the […]
Following on from her first book, Chatsworth, The Housekeeper’s Tale, Christine Robinson, former Head Housekeeper at the stately […]
The Historic Houses Association – the HHA – has launched a new Literary Trail for 2017, which features […]
Almost a year ago I was interviewing author Joanna Cannon about her soon-to-be published book The Trouble with […]
Get your pens and pencils sharpened and your creative juices flowing for the launch of the third Fifty […]
Chris Foote Wood, the brother of comedian and musician Victoria Wood, will be signing his new book about her […]
Sledge-Lit, a day of panel discussions, workshops, readings and networking for readers and writers of science-fiction, fantasy and […]
Best-selling author Sebastian Faulks will attend a special opening event at next year’s Derby Book Festival in Derby […]
A Crime and Dine event is being held at the Old Hall Hotel, Buxton on November 25 by […]
There’s a great line up of literary personalities – each with a fascinating tale to tell – at […]
Nine years ago a group of friends with a common love for the planet and a desire to […]
If you love crime writing then you need to make sure you check out what is going on […]
The CUBE café bar in Derby is offering booklovers an opportunity to sample their new autumn menu for […]
Inspired by the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire’s passion for art, The Chatsworth Festival – Art Out Loud […]
This November, Buxton Festival presents its third annual Books Weekend. From November 18-20 there’ll be a great line-up […]
As always the Ashbourne Festival will be bringing big names and award-winning performers to Derbyshire this month. Among […]
The full line up for the second Derby Book Festival includes two prestigious Guardian Live events. Simon Callow, […]
It is 100 years since the philanthropist Andrew Carnegie gave the city of Derby a grant to build […]
Roly Smith must be one of, if not the, most prolific authors in Derbyshire. He has more than […]
